Chaldean Neo-Aramaic
A language of Iraq
| Population | 110,000 in Iraq (1994 H. Mutzafi). Population total all countries: 216,000. |
| Region | Mosul, Baghdad, Basrah, southeast Iraqi Kurdistan. Also in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Lebanon, Netherlands, Sweden, Syria, Turkey (Asia), United States. |
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Iraq |
| Alternate names | Chaldean, Fallani, Fellihi, Kaldaya, Kildani, Lishana Kaldaya, Modern Chaldean, Neo-Chaldean, Soorath, Soorith, Suras, Sureth |
| Dialects | Mangesh, Alqosh, Tel Kepe, Tisqopa, Bartille, Shirnak-Chizre (Bohtan), Dihok. High intelligibility of Lishana Deni [lsd] and Ashirat [aii] (western dialect group of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic); little or no intelligibility with other Northeastern Aramaic varieties. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern A member of macrolanguage Syriac [syr] (Iraq). |
| Language development | NT: 2006. |
| Writing system | Syriac script. |
| Comments | The ethnic group is distinct religiously from speakers of other Northeastern Aramaic varieties; separated from the Assyrian during the 16th century. The names Chaldean and Assyrian are sometimes each used in a popular sense to include both groups. Originally located in central western and northern Iraqi Kurdistan and some in bordering Turkey. Christian. |
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